The US NTSB is requesting that the FAA put in place more comprehensive rejected landing simulation training and other safety advances in the wake of the Shuttle America ERJ170 overrun accident at the Cleveland Hopkins International airport on 18 February 2007.
Pilots of Delta Connection Flight 6448, carrying 71 passengers and four crewmembers, descended below […]

FAA oversight of airlines is again under scrutiny by a government watchdog agency in the wake of lapses in compliance at Southwest Airlines and American Airlines.
Specifically the DOT Inspector General is investigating FAA’s methods of ensuring compliance with Airworthiness Directives (ADs) and the agency’s risk-based air transportation oversight system (ATOS).
The US Congress requested […]

BAE Systems’ first example of its British Aerospace 146QT freighter has performed its first flight since the conversion programme was restarted last year.

Air France-KLM and three other airline groups have been fined a total of $504 million after pleading guilty to participating in a cartel to fix air cargo transportation rates.
US Department of Justice regulators have imposed a $350 million fine on Air France-KLM and smaller penalties on SAS Cargo, Cathay Pacific and Martinair.
Charges filed […]

Europe’s unmanned air vehicle developers need a chance to demonstrate to regulators - and the public - that their systems can operate safely over a large…